In our last episode, our adventurers found themselves wandering around in a confusing cave system, looking for an exit. Day transformed into a wolf to sniff their way out, and they emerged hours later, and unsure of where to go, they made camp for the night. When warning came, they were awoken by a strange and obnoxiously loud creature known as the tree cutter, which was available to help them. As they returned to camp, they spotted a beautiful white stag.
As Whalen looked upon it, he was struck by an intense need to give chase. Luckily, it led them back to the past, at which point it got freed Whalen from his compulsion. And now, we are ready to resume the journey along the Witchwalk. Welcome, fellow trappers, the Legends of Chow.
I'm Keir, and I am playing Whalen Beer, the human barbarian. My name is David, and I'm playing Ichabod Pike. He's a human wizard. My name is Theron, and I am playing Day.
She is a human druid. And I am Hazel, and I am a year DM. So you guys are back on the road to the graveyard in the near distance behind you. We'll carry on in the direction we were going.
Yeah. So I'm good. Am I a creature right now? I was a deer for a while.
You never remember if I saw one. You were for a while. I was a deer when we were chasing the heart. I turned into a deer so I could keep up with it.
Okay, I am not sure if you are a deer or not. We're gonna say I'm a deer. Okay. Okay, such a deer.
So there are a deer and two people walking down a path in the forest. So, it's that way, right? I think yes. Okay.
So I guess we head down the path. Yeah, we'll head in that direction. The way we were going. We want to head back to town because that could lose us days.
It's tire purpose. We're back. Did you find the house? No.
Right. Maybe. Sorry I forgot something. You walked down the path, uneventfully for an hour or two.
Is there anything you guys want to talk about while you are walking? Well, at some point I stopped being a deer. Definitely do it for two hours. Okay.
Do we know what we're gonna do when we've seen the house? That's that's a celebrated question. We can't really offer the community. Well, this is one of the reasons that I had asked anyone who might know what to look for as some kind of clue about our approaching them because I'm able to use a spell that just takes a longer time to cast so that I'd be able to communicate with them.
Hmm. I'd have to very least understand them. So, Can they not see it coming? They may.
I guess. We don't know. Yes. Good point.
Wasn't that how we already talked to them? Possibly. That's like Matt Marley? Yeah.
I mean, it's possible that stupid fucking dungeon just sort of crazy and he came home. Yeah, no, that's it. So, I believe you did figure out earlier that the eggs probably speak Sylvan and I believe they know Sylvan. Okay.
I think we want a problem. No, you want a problem. I just don't know what to offer to eggs. As far as I remember, they generate the offer of a deal that is always, it always comes with a hook.
So, we have to be very careful that we'd be wide up engaging them. Well. Speak very carefully. Are we, are we willing to hook ourselves if it's for the good of the town?
Or are we going to try and be as widely as possible? Yeah. Well, my worry is that this is a case of a deal where all parties get screwed. So, they would say, they would offer to make sure the town never suffers from starvation again.
Separate from something else. And they just go kill all the people. I do think that we're just going to have to play about you. Oh yeah, that would be good.
I promise my wife would come back alive, so I'll have to do that. That's all. I made the same promise. So, I'll have to start out.
Well, I mean, I said I would be back. I did promise because it would be a lie. So, as you're going, you start to see fruit trees appear beside the path. You know, not they suddenly pop into existence.
But there are more and more fruit trees. And in the distance, you see this gray figure standing next to the road. Can you give me more than gray? Do you want a perception check?
Yeah, you're a bit of a distance right now. So, I'm going to roll the two. Oh, that's funny. That's a 21 for me with a natural 20.
So, it looks like there's just a statue standing beside the road. It's a humanoid. It's not pretty distinct to be here. She thinks it's a half elf.
Mm. It's a half elf man. It's actually a half elf man standing beside the road. Who would carve a half elf and leave it out here?
Are you guys stopping or are you continuing to walk towards the road? Yeah. We'll continue. I definitely paused to figure out what is that.
Yeah. But then, I think about that and told me. Okay, marking's on or anything. Any writing?
Maybe. You continue walking and you get up to the statue. There are no markings for the writings on the statue. It is a statue of a half elf man.
He will start to use wearing some leather armor, has a bow across the back. And they are holding up a lantern like this. Just up above their head. Like one of those statues that hold the lantern.
Basically. Okay. Can I do a history check or something like that? Just see if I know who this figure might be.
Okay. Okay. Six. Don't give it a try.
Nine. That's more like a team. Black. Great rules all around.
You two have never heard of anyone other than Mad Marley coming into the forest. Not outside of stories of the old days with the barn. Okay, job me. These old days when a barn was a kingdom.
You know a bit more of those stories. Nice. But not much more. You know of people who have come in here and gotten lost.
And old stories like that. You've heard a number of those. And you think this is probably just one of those individuals maybe? And then it turns to stone somehow?
Oh boy. That seems the most likely because the statue just doesn't make any sense. Like it would be upper-carping statues. Yeah.
So. Do I know of anything specific other than a wizard or whatever that could turn the latest out? Maybe some kind of knowledge check. So it's probably history really.
History. 15. If you're willing to give me nature or like if it's a creature, then it's 17. Well, if you'd like to try to think of any creatures you know that turn people into that.
Sure. So you've heard of some creatures that can do that. The gorgon. So yeah, from an intro perspective, that's what you get.
You know those two creatures can do this besides. Wizards probably. Okay. So this statue isn't standing on a base or anything.
It looks like the first time it was just. Okay. And the detail in the actual carving is perfect enough to think that it maybe it was a person at one time. The lantern that he's holding is that for years?
Is that all substone? That's all substone. Okay. Is it enclosed?
Like a block of stone or the glass in the sides or whatever the coverings were or is the inner accessible? It's all blocked off. It looks like it had glass in it and there were metal slits over the glass. You can see all of that detail.
But there aren't any openings. Okay. I'm going to cast light. Be changing.
On the body of the lantern should make it shine. It shines. If nothing else, it looks cool. We're going to be careful.
This is the best. What about the area around? Are there any tracks or indications of creatures or individuals passing by? I'm making an investigation check.
What's survival? What's everyone doing? Can I do? Yes.
That one's good. What? 23. That's better.
They're both really good though. So you're looking around the feet of the statue, trying to determine anything's been here recently or how the statue got here. And it looks like it's probably been here a while. The undergrowth around it is fairly thick.
You can't really see its feet or lower legs without clearing some things away. And you look around but you don't see any sign of anything recent. Does everything other than the statue look normal? Like it looks the same as the path that we've been traveling down for hours.
Yes. Can I have another same thing? Okay. I think we should just carry on then.
Cautiously maybe in case whatever it is. And maybe don't eat the fruit. Ah! Good plan.
Pause for us and fruit. Don't do it. Don't do it. We kind of want to get into a fight with the trees now like in the Wizard of Oz though.
So we only can just yell to them and then run away of course. Yeah. I'll try my best to stand with that. I promise this.
Half basically turns into an orchard surrounding it. Like the other types of trees have also appeared and you're just surrounded by fruit trees. There'll be like rows of apples and then rows of oranges and it just keeps going. And you see another figure in the distance.
Another great figure? Another great figure. So I've never heard of the distance. Okay.
You're approaching this one as well? If it's on the path. Yeah. Yeah we should probably approach it.
Okay. What do you guys see? There's a plug or something on it really. So as you get closer you see a note by figure with his arms up in the air in like a big circle.
And on top of his head and connecting to the arms is a board with some writing on it. What does the writing say? So the writing says... Is it uncommon?
It is uncommon. Okay. It says danger. Well.
All right. Yeah. That's it. Just danger.
That's it. No fine print. I'm making an investigation check if you want. Okay.
Nine. That should do it. No you're looking at it and you're very sure it just says danger. Okay.
And this one is the same quality and appearance as the last the half elf. All the details, no base, all that kind of stuff. All right. Very similar.
Okay. It's... The path didn't vanish once we came into the orchard. It still continues on.
It's just all orchard around us right? Okay. So that's it. Okay.
I guess we keep going. We knew we were in danger. Yeah. And with the fact that everything is for trees now I figure whaling has to be right about the fruit.
So. Yeah but who eats fruit while holding a board up over the head? Well I'm picturing like the other guy was holding a lantern. He wasn't standing with the fruit.
That's true. He probably like ate it and then felt weird. Brode a sign and held it down. It's a public service.
My life's gone. The lawful goodest way to die. Don't eat though. What are you supposed to talk about?
Yep. Let's carry on. It's like burn a shape sign. Yes.
It's definitely a danger. Don't eat the whole thing. So you've done the whole thing. So you've done the whole thing.
So now this time. So you guys continue on. And you find another board nailed to a tree. It says turn back now.
I can't. I also feel like it means we're on the right path. Yeah. Yeah.
Turn back now is a lot less scary than like a person who's been turned to stone. I'll say. Yeah. Feels more like a fuzz.
We keep going. I'll craft the old person. That blocks the line. I can do it.
In my squat. We fail to keep back now. Yep. Not heating the warnings.
Or not. So you continue on. And in the distance. You see another statue.
Mm. This one is standing in the middle of the road. And before where the trees were kind of in rows beside you mostly. Behind the statue they get a bit closer together.
And they seem to be forming a circle behind it. Really? The statue is also holding a sign. Oh, you want to know what the sign says.
Yeah. I look at the sign. This sign says last chance. And this third statue is a human.
It is. It's a human one. She's wearing chain mail and has a big two-handed sword structure. Well, it's nice to know what it is.
Your last chance. Yeah. We'll carry on. Yeah.
You know. If we're about to head into something that turns us to stone, maybe they'll have a way that we can save these people. Mm. That's a glass half of all the brothers.
So you guys step around the statue because it's right in the middle of the road. And you step into this circular grove of apple trees. What are your passive perceptions? Pretty high I think.
Your mind is running. Oh, well. It's not 13. 11.
That was a question. Okay. So day in Wayland, as you're entering this grove, you notice that there is a rusty axe jammed into the trunk of one of the trees as you are passing by it. Mm.
So you are in the circular grove and the road ends. Where the road would continue, you do see a little sign attached to a tree. It's kind of hard to see what it says from where you are at, but you may make the attempt a few wish. I will.
Okay. Perception, perception. 15. For Wayland.
Hey. Uh, natural point. It's still a little too far away from you. Uh, Wayland.
Ichabod. You can see that it says too late. Yeah. I read it off very slowly to build suspense.
Too late. And the tree behind you. There we go. It moves to close the pack back.
Cool. Uh, yeah. That's for all the initiative. Ooh.
So 16-wheels? Mm-hmm. 21. 6.
6. 6. Yeah, nice. Um.
Should we do this or just fear the mind? I think the theater mind is good. If we'd like a presentation, we can do that. No, that's fine.
I think it's complicated, maybe I think we're good to go. Yeah, it's just three of you. Two of them. It's not 16 trees or anything.
So, it's fine. That tree behind you just moved. That'd be good. Uh, how close is it?
Or how close are they? Well, the only one that you've seen move is the one behind you. Okay. And, uh, you've probably not moved too far from that one, uh, based on what you guys did in the entrance group.
Yeah, probably 5. 10D. Okay. I'm going to cast Poison Spray.
Yeah, I've noticed. It gets a Constitution Save 13. That's a nice natural one, it rolls. I don't want to assume anything, but that sounds like it fails.
Um, 10 Poison Damage. Nice. I'm going to edge back a little. Okay.
A little bit of a little bit away from it. So, that brings us to Wayland's turn. This, by the way, is the tree with the axe very inside of it. I will run up to it, you've readged the axe out, just to get it away.
I don't know if this thing has arms. I want to use an S. Uh, do you want to roll something for that? You have to get the axe out of the tree and just toss it across the girl.
Yeah, just go ahead and roll me an S. Yeah. Oh, we got a B7. Yeah, you reach in, you grab it, and you tug at it, and your hand kind of slips off of it.
And the axe was a bit, um, didn't look too mossy, but it's been a bit damp and mildewed from how long it's been outside and the weather, and you just couldn't get a good grip on it's like right now. Okay. Well, that didn't work. Can I still take an attack or was that my action?
I'll go ahead and take a pack. 19. 19 still hits. Six damage.
And you're using your scythe, which is a splash of my leaf. Mm-hmm. All right. Bear your scythe inside of it.
Take it. Nice little slice of bark outside of it. And that brings us to the tree's turn. So the tree is going to kind of bend over a bit, kind of puzzling over you.
It's going to take a limb, it's going to grab that axe. Ha, ha, ha, ha. I knew it. And it's going to swing it out here.
It's a 15 hit. Meets. So yes. All right.
So it takes the axe and it slangs it into your arm and it goes six damage. And you're probably like a pie with this tree, but you too, you see the tree at the end of the path. And it just reaches up a branch and picks up an apple. Yay!
It's a tosses it at day. Good geez, looks like that. Can I try and catch it? I guess.
I don't think I'm like, are you okay? Are you okay? I assume it would have been a dozen hits on me and catch it. Okay.
It rolls a lot, you can catch it. Ha, ha, ha. This will end. No.
So it throws this apple at you and it slides past you and it slides into another tree, just bursts. That seems pretty damaging. Okay. And it is now your turn, Dave.
All right. A great move for the person who's going last. I say, wait, why are we fighting? Intruetic to the trees.
You might treat me as an engineer. I like, I try to say something like, we need no harm. I mean, we're going to go talk to some hags, but they don't need to know that. Okay.
Roll the persuasion check. Okay. 17. You're saying it's an injury.
Intruetic, yeah. It should resonate with them in like a way that they don't quite understand. So you see them pause for a moment and their bodies kind of shift a little towards you. I see them last time.
I certainly didn't understand that. But I do know the one that packed weight on it. So I'm actually going to hit it with a ray of sickness. Like yesterday, I know.
Uh, 14. 14 hits. Okay. Nine poison damage and it needs to make a DC 13 condensation.
Are you trying to make a tree farm? All my life. It's a time. So it's poisoned until the end of my next turn.
So no sneak attack damage. All right. Weylin's turn. Well, I think that should be either in it or.
So you know what hurt more? It got the axe out. Yeah. Yeah.
That's what your kiss off. Her you hit it or your friend. Yeah, really. So I think I'm going to rage on that.
So. And attack. That's a 16. That hits.
I'm good. Big damage. You must be put a poker. I'm not a good liar.
So this tree now has slashes all in it. Some of the input there. Some were an axe which previously was. But it's looking fairly damaged.
Also, you never flew a few splashes from the poison. It's really not enjoying these feelings. This guy's been giving him. He's doing the feelings of the feeling of the feeling of the feeling.
Yeah. The feelings of pain running all through his body. So it is going to continue attacking the willing to get back. Uh, disposing to the sad.
I believe it does. Yes. So disadvantage on those guys. All right.
Roll five and a three. And go. So that's the nine. Miss.
All right. What about the other one? The other one throws an apple at eight about this time. That makes sense.
They're rolling super well guys. The nine. This. So it is now day's turn again.
I like sigh. And this time I say in common. Oh, I told them to stop fighting in druidic. And they looked like they were going to.
But now they're going to kill you. And then I switch to druidic and say, please, my friends are fools. Not wrong. They look too briefly.
And then they look back away at these two guys. Can I get in one more sentence? Sure. I say, I will destroy you if I have to.
They're not paying attention to you. Okay. Sorry. You're doing this talking.
If I, if I can also attack, I will. I'm going to talk with attack. Okay. Then I produce blame and throw it at the distant one.
It's throwing apples. Okay. Maybe I just told this not to attend. But it's a.
Could they weren't paying attention to me? No. Okay. Hold on.
It's signals. Sorry guys. I rolled an 18. So okay.
I don't know where my bonus is. I'm here right now. So two fire damage. All right.
Your fire hits it. And you kind of see it try to move out of the way. And it hits its bark and leaves the plaque. But then you see the flames starting to move up.
And it just starts hitting at them. And that brings us back around to Ichabod. All right. Let me hit it with another poison spray.
Just going to get a 13 constant. All right. Do that brings us back around to make it? All right.
Well, we're still raging. So, so it's not poison. I think I have a mic here. Okay.
That's definitely a hit. 21. 21? That's it.
8. Okay. Okay. What is it?
Come on. All right. Thank you. And it takes 14, 16 damage.
Okay. How do you like to look when you fell this tree? Just one big slice like through the middle. Like it's a sight.
So it makes it zero cents. But it's a top. So you take your sight and you swing it through. And it hits the cut where the axe used to be.
And then you use that through another cutting me. And just carve it in half. And it topples over, smashing into some of the other trees in the next. No.
Striking. This other tree is done with the apples. And you see it? Put a branch up into its branches and it pulls out a sphere.
Oh, jeez. And I do want to put myself between the casters on that one. Sure. It's done that once.
So you see it. I'm doing something a little strange. And so you jog over there and get between it and the other people. And so it was going to aim at one of them, but it's going to aim at you instead.
It's frost. So it's standing about 30 feet away from you. And the spear in long gates. Oh.
Outwards you. You got to wait. And there is a 25 to hit. Ooh, that hurt.
Okay, that hits. That is nine points of damage. All right. Half is two, five.
Because I am raging. Half is a four, I think. Go. Go.
Okay. Round in north. Player here, or state of earth generally. You probably can play.
Well, the old rule was always round down and they introduced different ways of rounding in this, but I like round down. Yeah. That number like I came up. This day's turn.
Okay. First time I went down pretty easy. So I'm just going to do another produce. What?
Actually might not hit. Twelve? Twelve and 14 vices. Okay.
Well, I apparently send flames out into the forest because I am the best. It is very wary of you and Liz prepared to avoid your attack. So it moves out of the way as she wants this flame and is right to treat next to a leaving. He blackened her and it's fine, but it's not spread.
Okay. So it's now a good monster. I'm going to take out my light cross vote and fire at it. It's a 29 piercing damage.
All right. We're going to stay really pissed off. That hurt again. And go um, I'll button you on this tree.
Nine. Nine missives. Damn. Two year.
The tree is going to move over a bit so it can get a clear line of sight on day because day is launching the fire and it is going to reach out of sphere which is going to extend towards her. There's a 23. Let me check. Yes.
Okay. So that is seven points of piercing damage. All right. Oh, sorry.
You apologize. So I thought it was going to go down. So should I cap the evil even before I can still do it? I remember.
Yeah. If you don't want to do that. Okay. I'll try to keep that in mind.
It's my turn. Can I try and grab it before I retract? You can. All right.
So I do that. Okay. Make an athletics show. It's 18.
I will very well because I have a minus one on that. Okay. So you grab onto the sphere as it begins to- Very happy. It's my first.
So I grab onto the sphere. As it starts to retract back towards the tree. Make a strength saving throw. Oh, that one didn't go well.
Eight. So you grab onto the sphere and you've got a really good grip on it. But you're not strong enough to resist the sphere's full backwards. Okay.
So you're dragged up to the tree. So you're now directly in front of the tree. That's fine. Well, part of the tree.
It's not, but I can work with it. So, pick a box turn. I'm going to fire another cross bubble. And this.
Okay. You're both forward. Looking like it's going to stretch true. And then it waves a branch and just backs it away into the twist.
Wind turn. Let's take another swing. 12. No, 13.
Not much better. 13 hits though. Okay. That's 17 points of damage.
Excellent. 12 is great. They are. The tree shivers a little bit.
I guess right. There's leaves popping around. A couple of apples fall to the ground. It's not it.
It's just a shake. It hurt. That brings us to, oh, that's the tree's turn again. It's been a stab a day.
It's here. Very beautiful. That's the natural from deep. Fuck.
Goddamn it. Is that it? That is 11 points of piercing damage. Okay.
My turn? It is your turn. So, what's behind the tree? Stayslice.
The tree is blocking the path forward. If I catch a thunder wave, am I going to hurt other trees? Or is it just the ground and grass? This tree is surrounded by thick.
That's a grouping of trees. You can't really see past it too well. You can find me some check if you want, but there are probably other trees back there. I'll make a perception check.
I don't know. I like paws for the length of bonus action I cause. And then I cast a thunder wave anyway. Okay.
So it needs to make a save or some kind. Constitution. I don't forget it. That's all right.
60. 60 saves. It still takes five. And if it doesn't go down.
It is not. I look at it and I go, I should peel myself. Oh boy. I'll say that in druid.
Yeah. I said that in druid. All right. That brings us around to kick a boss.
Okay. Day. We can have Lee in front of this tree. Richard wouldn't have to be pulled up a lot of times.
I'm going to hit it with another crossbow. 14. 14 hits. Okay.